Driving lower TCO and rapid ROI through Unix migrations
Mercer Management Consulting, a global strategy consultancy, was commissioned by Microsoft to conduct research with 30 senior IT decision-makers globally to understand why organisations are migrating from Unix servers, how alternative server platforms are selected, and what value companies have generated by migrating from Unix to Window servers, Linux or other flavours of Unix.
Key findings from Mercer’s research with IT decision makers include the following:
- Migrating from Unix remains a key issue for IT executives seeking to lower TCO and drive rapid ROI
- Window servers are the preferred choice when IT organisations migrate Unix servers as part of transformational change
- Linux traction has come primarily from more discrete, less financially scrutinised, Unix migrations
- Platform costs represent a small portion of Unix migration costs, regardless of workload or type of migration
Conclusion
Mercer’s study found that there are strong reasons for IT organisations to continue migrating servers away from proprietary Unix platforms. Today both Window servers and Linux benefit from this trend but for different reasons.
Window servers are most often the preferred choice when organisations migrate away from Unix as part of a broader strategic or transformational change, while Linux migration volume today is largely driven by more discrete projects where less quantitative decision rules are used.
Mercer believes that as senior IT executives continue to push for more financial accountability in IT project decision making, the rate of Unix-to- Window servers migrations will likely continue to increase.
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